Good Hair

Discussion about hair seems to be following me lately, from this post on RMJ’s blog (Deeply Problematic) to a wonderful conversation I had with a friend who is undergoing chemo and has been bald for a few years now. Hair is one of those things whose importance most people underestimate– and by “most people,” I mean people with “good hair.” And by “good hair” I mean “straight, shiny, blonde.”

Some of you may be familiar with my own hair excursions, including “the summer of the shaved head,” as I fondly refer to it. Perhaps that’s worth its own post, though…